STEWART STREET in East Camden runs for two blocks, from
the intersection of East State Street and
Federal Street, across
High Street, to Howell
Street. It lies just west of 21st
Street, and runs
parallel to that thoroughfare. The houses on the street appear to date
from between 1900 and 1920, but that is just my best guess. Many of
the frame houses built on Stewart Street have fallen victim to fire over
the years.

Do
you have an Stewart Street memory or picture. Let me know by e-mail so it
can be included here.

My
Mom and Dad were married at the Wesley Methodist Church, 32 Stewart Street on November
25, 1950. This church later combined with St. George's Methodist on 33rd
and Mickle
to become St. George-Wesley Methodist.

Camden
New Jersey Fire Department had a busy night as the Little Devils came
out on Halloween Eve. The evening started out at 7:07 p.m. with a
working house fire at 1042 North 19th Street in the Cramer Hill Section
of the city. All hands went to work and had the blaze under control in
about 20 minutes.

Just
as this blaze was being placed under control, Units were dispatched to
112 Stewart Street for an auto junkyard fire. Responding units could see
heavy smoke and fire in the sky as some half dozen autos were involved.
City firefighters were able to stop the spread of the blaze before any
of the exposed homes could be involved.

Camden
County Prosecutor Vincent P. Sarubbi and Camden Police Chief Edwin J.
Figueroa reported today that a city resident was shot to death late
Thursday night, Sept. 15, 2005, while sitting in a vehicle in Camden,
N.J.

Camden
Police responded to the first block of Stewart Street last night at
approximately 11:15 p.m. and found the victim suffering from a gunshot
wound to the torso. He was transported to Cooper University Hospital,
where he was pronounced dead minutes later.

The
victim is believed to be a 26-year-old who resided near the shooting
scene. His name is being withheld until his identity can be confirmed
and family members notified.

Preliminary
investigation indicates the victim was
sitting in the passenger seat of a blue 1992 Mitsubishi Eclipse, which
was parked on Stewart Street, and a friend of his was sitting in the
driver's seat. At least one suspect approached and demanded money. The
individual in the driver's seat said he had no cash, at which time a
suspect hit him in the head with a handgun. A suspect then shot the
victim.

The
victim's friend was also transported to the hospital, where he required
approximately 30 stitches to close the head wound before being released.

Anyone
with information is asked to call the Camden County Prosecutor's Office
at (856) 225-8400 or Camden Police Detectives at (856) 757-7420.